Baltic forest route

Baltic forest route

Tartu, Peipsiveere Nature Reserve- Elva, Protected Elva Peedu Forest Park- Valmiera- Ligatne- Cesis, North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve, Gauja National Park- Anykščiai, Anykščiai Regional Park

South Estonia-North Latvia-North Lithuania

Best timing – Summer, May, September, October

Starting point: Tartu

Duration: 6 days

Transportation: car/minivan

NB!!! This itinerary includes forest hikes ranging from 2 to 8 km. Please, take comfortable shoes, appropriate clothes and a repellent spray with you, since Baltic forests teem of mosquitoes.

It is hard to imagine vacations in the Baltics without a walk in the forest. The Baltics are extremely rich in forests – boreal forests, broadleaf forests, oak forests, marshy forests, coniferous forests, etc. You can enjoy the diversity of forests not only in national parks and remote villages, but also in big cities and capitals.

For your forest route in the Baltics, we’ve selected the most spectacular forest destinations, where the forest has become an integral part of identity, part of brand and sometimes even a part of soul.

This forest route runs through all 3 Baltic countries. It starts in the largest nature reserve in Estonia - Peipsiveere Nature Reserve, located in the eastern part of the Tartu County, on the shores of Emajogi river, where you will explore diverse wet habitats and large marshland in the river’s delta. In south Estonia you will visit the charming forest capital of Estonia – the pine town of Elva, known also as summer resort of Tartu University professors and intellectuals.

In North Latvia we invite you to North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve, featuring coniferous and mixed forests and Gauja National Park- the oldest and largest national park in Latvia, where you will meet animals and birds, characteristic of the Latvian fauna.

The lovely town of Anyksciai in North Lithuania is a place where the Nature’s and the Human’s genius seem to collaborate. The incredible beauty  of Anyksciai forest was eulogized in poems of many prominent Lithuanian writers, what made the town famous far beyond the Lithuanian borders. May be the Anyksciai forest will become also a source of inspiration for you? Who knows. But we can promise, that Anyksciai, as well as the whole Baltic Forest route, will become your perfect forest destination in the Baltics.

Welcome to the Baltic Forests together with Baltics Undiscovered!